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![handle is hein.intyb/lbrldc0059 and id is 1 raw text is: International Legislative Series
Labour Office 1977-Aust. I
AUSTRALIA 1
VICTORIA
An Act to render unlawful certain kinds of discrimination on the ground of
sex or marital status, to promote equality of opportunity between men and
women, to make consequential amendments to certain Acts and for other
purposes. No. 9025. Dated 24 May 1977.
PART I. PRELIMINARY
1. Short title. (1) This Act may be cited as the Equal Opportunity Act
1977.
(2) Commencement. The several provisions of this Act shall come into
operation on a day or days to be fixed by proclamation or successive
proclamations of the Governor in Council published in the Government Gazette.
2. [Division of the Act into Parts.]
3. Interpretation. (1) In this Act unless the contrary intention appears-
Board means the Equal Opportunity Board established under section 7;
chairman means chairman of the Board and includes a person appointed to
act as chairman;
commissioner means the Commissioner for Equal Opportunity;
document includes book, paper, writing and any other record of information
whether or not in written or printed form;
educational authority means the person or body administering a school,
college, university or other institution at which education or training is
provided;
employment means employment under a contract of service or a contract
personally to execute any work or labour or a contract for services and
employ and related expressions shall be construed accordingly;
marital status means the status or condition of being-
(a) single;
(b) married;
(c) married but living separately and apart from one's spouse;
(d) divorced; or
(e) widowed;
member means a member of the Board and includes the chairman and a
person appointed to act as a member;
relative means spouse, parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, brother or sister;
registrar means the Registrar of the Board;
services includes services consisting of the provision of facilities by way of
banking or insurance or of facilities for grants, loans, credit or finance;
training includes any form of education or instruction.
(2) For the purposes of this Act-
(a) where a person unlawfully discriminates against a person within the
meaning of this Act, that person commits an act of discrimination; and
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